Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 41)

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

41.

The compressibility of clays, is caused due to:

expulsion of double layer water from in between the grains

sliping of particles to new positions of greater density

bending of particles as elastic sheets

all the above.

Answer: Option

Explanation:

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Discussion:

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Nikhil Dongre said: 5 years ago

How can be a bending of particles?

Assumption- soil grain particle is not compressible.

Dhananjay said: 7 years ago

As given ' bending of the particle as an elastic sheet', is this assumption right?

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